PechaKucha Night Portsmouth

07/03/2020

For the safety of our presenters, the public and our supporters, we have decided to cancel all PechaKucha Night Portsmouth events for the remainder of the year. While we are not sure what 2021 will bring for PKN Portsmouth, we are hoping to come back stronger than ever. Thank you all for your support, and stay safe.

04/30/2020

We’re inviting you to present your story during our next PechaKucha Night! Presentations can be about creative works, an intriguing project, or anything else amazing you want to share. If you are interested in presenting at PechaKucha Night Portsmouth, just email [email protected].

04/09/2020

Have an idea you’re really excited about or a story you’re eager to share? Now’s your chance to share it! We’re looking for presenters for our next PechaKucha Night. All you need is an idea or story that you’re passionate about sharing, as well as 20 images to accompany it. Interested and want to learn more? Email [email protected]!

04/04/2020

Hey Portsmouth! Do you have a great story to tell? We think you do! We’re looking for speakers for our next PechaKucha Night. Applying is simple! All you have to do is email [email protected]. We can’t wait to hear from you!

03/07/2020

02/20/2020

February 20th, 2020 is International PechaKucha Day! Join the record-setting number of people worldwide giving PechaKucha Presentations all on the same day. Be a part of this global movement tonight at Portsmouth PKN #20 at !

02/07/2020

PechaKucha Portsmouth is so VERY happy to collaborate with 3S Artspace.

02/04/2020

Our next presenter, Noël Schroeder, is an Intuitive Lifestyle Coach, Energy Medicine Practitioner, and Artist, in addition to owning a virtual franchise with the Juice Plus+ Company. Noël has been a teacher in the area of health and wellness for the last 30 years. In that time period, Noël has built her own lifestyle toolkit and teaches others to build theirs. She is building a global community of Healthy Living Practitioners and invites you to join her. Her Pechakucha Night Portsmouth, Volume 40 topic is Clean Eating, and we can't wait to hear more!

02/03/2020

Josh Denton is an Iraq war veteran, an attorney, a former Portsmouth City Councilor and the latest speaker to be announced for Pechakucha Night Portsmouth, Volume 40. Josh chaired Portsmouth's Renewable Energy Committee, authored the City's single-use disposables ordinance for city property, and, after five years of trying to ban plastic shopping bags, banned Styrofoam citywide beginning December 31, 2020. Josh hosts the Climate Hour on WSCA 106.1 Portsmouth Community Radio, rides his bicycle to work in Kittery year-round, and is often seen walking his two standard poodles downtown Portsmouth. We can’t wait to hear more about Banning the Bag in 20/20! Get your tickets now!

01/30/2020

Meet Anthony Bounphakhom. Anthony is a local choreographer that is looking to impact people of all ages with his art. He hopes to teach them a lesson about themselves and show that it is important to learn to love yourself. He believes pushing love in everything you do is the key to success. His mission is to show you and inspire that "you are enough." Anthony will be discussing overcoming obstacles at Pechakucha Night Portsmouth, Volume 40, and you won't want to miss it!

01/29/2020

Introducing one of our very own—Anne Weidman! Anne is a member of the Pechakucha Portsmouth organizing committee and Director of Community Engagement and Business Development at JSA Inc., a Portsmouth based architecture and design firm. Anne finds herself involved in other things all over the Seacoast and beyond. She is a co-founder of Access Navigators, a nonprofit that helps people impacted by disabilities; she is a trustee at Strawbery Banke Museum and is part of the committee who oversees Labrie Family Skate at Strawbery Banke. During the winter she tries to skate every day, no matter how cold. She’ll be talking about “Building Community” at Pechakucha Night Portsmouth, Volume 40. Don’t miss it!

01/28/2020

We’re thrilled to announce the next speaker for PKN Portsmouth Night #40: John Benford! As Portsmouth photographer, John creates honest, authentic portrait and lifestyle images and powerful architectural images for commercial and editorial clients of all sizes. Centered on themes of craftsmanship, honest work, relationship to the land and human connection, John’s photographs are graphically composed, richly textured, rooted in a sense of place, and reflect his deep reverence for life and belief in our common humanity. John has worked with clients such as Getty Images, Stout Heart, Wright-Ryan Construction, TRUX, Native Plant Trust, and magazines such as Down East, UNH magazine and Humanities. Come hear more from John and many others on February 20th! Get your ticket now: https://bit.ly/30Ytt2p